08.01 - Cuyuna Range Fire Service Mutual Aid Agreement

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be provided shall be determined solely by the Responding Official, and FURTHER PROVIDED that the Responding Official may at any time recall such Assistance if the Responding Official deems such recall is necessary to provide for safety and protection of the Party under which authority the Responding Official is acting. Subd. 3. When a Responding Party provides Assistance under this Agreement, they may in turn request Assistance from other Parties as "back-up" during the time that they are providing Assistance outside their service area. Subd. 4. Assistance provided under this Agreement shall be under the command of the officer-in-charge of the Requesting Party for which the Assistance was summoned. For the purposes of the Minnesota Municipal Tort Liability Act (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 466), the employees and officers of the Responding Party are deemed to be employees (as defined in Minnesota Statutes, Section 466.01, subdivision 6)of the Requesting Party. Subd. 5. Each Party shall be responsible for injuries or death of its own personnel. Each Party will maintain workers' compensation insurance or self- insurance coverage, covering its own personnel while they are providing Assistance pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party waives the right to sue any other Party for any workers' compensation benefits paid to its own employee or volunteer or their dependants, even if the injuries were caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any Party or its officers, employees or volunteers. ARTICLE 6. INSURANCE Each of the Parties shall maintain insurance policies providing coverage for: (a)Workers compensation for firefighters who are members of said Parties' fire department, the coverage of said policy extending to protect said firefighters when engaged in the performance of duties under this Agreement outside the service area of the Party whose fire department he/she is a member of Each Party also agrees to provide workers' compensation coverage for all other of their own personnel who provide Assistance pursuant to this Agreement. Each Party waives the right to sue any other Party for any workers' compensation benefits paid to its own employee or volunteer or their dependants, even if the injuries were caused wholly or partially by the negligence of any other Party or its officers, employees, or volunteers.